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News: PCS Utilizes Green Process for Brownsburg Road Reconstruction Project
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11/5/2009
 Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc., the Township Engineer for Wrightstown Township in Bucks County, recently worked with the municipality on the reconstruction of Brownsburg Road.
This unique roadway project, that involved the total reconstruction of approximately 1.5 miles of rolling and hilly roadway, utilized in-place
full depth reclamation. The reclamation contractor used a specially designed reclaiming machine to pulverize the existing asphalt pavement along with some of the road’s underlying base material.
Additionally, a Portland cement additive was blended with the pulverized material to strengthen and stabilize the base course. After shaping to the proper profile and compacting, hot mix asphalt wearing course was provided. Three (3) culverts were also replaced as part of the project.
This innovative process was more environmentally sensitive than the traditional reconstruction method. Since the full depth reclamation method reuses 100% of existing road material, no material was exported from the project site and land-filled or discarded as backfill. Additionally, by using all the recycled in-place materials, there was no need to import aggregates or other materials to project, which ultimately saved the Township time and money. This greener reconstruction process also provided the least disruption to area residents during the project's four week construction schedule.
About Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc.
Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc. is one of the Delaware Valley's leading engineering firms. PCS serves our clients from our headquarters in Newtown, Bucks County, PA, and two regional offices - Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA and West Trenton, Mercer County, NJ. PCS maintains award-winning practices in civil engineering, municipal engineering, landscape architecture, transportation engineering and planning, land surveying, and bridge inspection.
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